Scowtt Raises $12M to Transform Ad Optimization with AI-Driven CRM Insights

Scowtt, the AI-powered ad optimization startup, has secured $12 million in Series A funding led by Inspired Capital, with participation from LiveRamp Ventures, Angeles Investors, and Angeles Ventures. Founded just last year, the company is aiming to reshape the $300 billion performance marketing industry with predictive AI models that leverage first-party CRM data.

Youdao’s AI-Native Strategy Pushes Advertising Revenue to All-Time High in Q3 2025

Youdao (NYSE: DAO) is proving that betting early—and heavily—on AI can transform a legacy education-tech brand into a fast-growing advertising powerhouse. The company released its unaudited Q3 2025 results, and the numbers show a clear trend: Youdao is no longer just a learning platform. It’s becoming a serious player in AI-driven advertising services.

Google’s Crackdown Era: 39.2M Advertisers Suspended as AI Enforcement Tightens

If 2024 was the year Google embraced AI-powered creativity, 2025 is shaping up to be the year it doubled down on AI policing. StubGroup’s newly released Google Ads Suspension Report 2025 paints a stark picture of an ecosystem where more advertisers than ever are being locked out—even as Google encourages them to generate more, faster, and often with the help of Google’s own AI tools.

GoWit Secures New Funding to Push AI Retail Media Deeper Into EMEA

Retail media is booming, and AI is quickly becoming the engine behind the sector’s next wave of growth. Into this fast-moving landscape steps GoWit—again—with fresh capital and an even bigger appetite for expansion.

Triton Digital Launches AdBuilder AI to Open the Audio Ad Market to SMBs

Triton Digital is expanding the boundaries of digital audio advertising with the launch of AdBuilder AI, a next-generation self-serve platform that empowers partners to reach small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs)—a long-untapped market in the audio ad space.

Clinch Expands Amazon Ads Integration with Custom Audience Ad Serving

Clinch, the Agentic AI platform for omnichannel advertising, has expanded its collaboration with Amazon Ads, becoming the first third-party solution to serve ads to Amazon Custom Audiences—a capability previously reserved for Amazon-served creatives.

AdCreative.ai Launches Mobile App for Instant AI-Powered Ad Creation

As the holiday shopping season ramps up, AdCreative.ai, an Appier Group company, unveiled its first mobile app, promising to make professional ad creation accessible to anyone, anywhere.

Veylan Unveils AI-Native Operating System to Replace Fragmented AdTech Stacks

Veylan, the AI-powered advertising platform, has announced new features for its fully integrated operating system, unifying strategy, creative, media buying, and optimization in a single workflow. The platform aims to eliminate the inefficiencies of today’s fragmented adtech ecosystem, offering advertisers a central command center to plan, execute, and optimize campaigns with unprecedented speed and precision.

Viant Expands Tubi Partnership, Boosts Precision in CTV Advertising

Viant Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: DSP), a leader in AI-powered programmatic advertising for connected TV (CTV), has expanded its partnership with Tubi, Fox Corporation’s free ad-supported streaming platform. The collaboration introduces a new ID sync between Viant and Tubi, enabling advertisers to reach over 100 million monthly active users and leverage Tubi’s 300,000+ movies and TV episodes with greater precision and scale.

GeneLink Launches in Japan: AI + Genomics Take Precision Marketing to the Next Level

A.D.A.M. Innovations, Japan’s leading genomics and AI company, has officially launched GeneLink, an ad-tech platform that fuses genetic data, lifestyle insights, and artificial intelligence to redefine precision marketing. Unlike traditional solutions that rely on demographics and behavioral data, GeneLink leverages biological predispositions to deliver highly targeted campaigns that are both effective and privacy-conscious.

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